title: Tube enterostomy after small bowel resection.
abstract: Ostomy formation can be technically difficult when mesenteric shortening and thickening are present. In addition, the high output that follows a small bowel ostomy can be debilitating in the elderly patient or the patient with underlying medical illness. We describe a technique to avoid these difficulties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson 85724.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rappaport
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guzauskas
mesh_terms: D004766:Enterostomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000601:surgery*; D007440:Intubation / Q000295:instrumentation